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Re: Crane building resources
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:15:27 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Christopher Deraleau wrote:
   I’ve been toying around with the idea of building a medium scale lattice boom crawler crane, and was looking for some resources on building a good strong boom structure.

I figure I want a 10x10 square frame main boom, and slightly smaller scaled jib and lift booms.

Can anyone reccommend a good example of boom structure to aid in my building process?


Thanks,

D

Hello,

If you have not already seen it you should check out this website:

http://www.texbrick.com/

There are a couple of really nice cranes, as well as downloadable spreadsheets with info on truss design.

Hope that helps!

Ben



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I've been toying around with the idea of building a medium scale lattice boom crawler crane, and was looking for some resources on building a good strong boom structure. I figure I want a 10x10 square frame main boom, and slightly smaller scaled jib (...) (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)

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